Sunday, 30 March 2008

It's been quite a hectic weekend, entertaining baby nat :) Seeing all the fun her little friends, jamie and zofie had during their painting sessions, this lazy mummy finally decided to take the paint out and let nat have a go at it. She had a great time, made the floor all yellow and purple and enjoyed her playtime bath therefter. Quite an interesting activity for children over 1 year old but be prepared to whisk them to the bathroom for a quick shower.

Another new discovery over the weekend, nat's current fave drink is Ribena. Didn't really want her to drink something so sweet but I did want to give her something else to try besides shoving water and milk to her all the time, so I came to a compromise ... extremely diluted Ribena. The interesting thing is that nat loves it. She guzzles it down by the mouthful and if one dares to move the cup away before she's done, she'll scream in protest. This weekend, I also tried my hand at a new recipe, potato cheese patties. Nat's ok with it, but she does not seem all too appreciative of my efforts labouring over the kitchen stove, tsk tsk.

Nat has also been growing up quite fast in terms of both height and weight. Problem is at her height now, she's fast reaching the table height and half the time, as she runs around the house, I'm freaking out that she will knock her head on the edges. So this mummy came up with an ingenious albeit silly looking idea ... have a look ... and don't laugh. I was just telling gary its no use investing in heaps of table guards as she'll quickly outgrow this height in a jiffy. Sorry teddies, you'll just have to bear with it for a while, till nat gets taller (bear with it haha get it ...!!!)

Do enjoy this video of nat at her class in Julia Gabriel. In this new term, my baby seems to have become a lot more confident and definitely more vocal. Interestingly, so have some of the other girls in class. Not the boys, though. Hmm ... interesting huh!

Oh yes, one final thing to report. Nat's first clear word is ... baby! Today, I was just telling her "I love you, baby!" Guess I must have repeated it many times because suddenly she said <baby> loud and clear. Both gary and I heard it and were stunned for a moment. We've been trying to get her to repeat it since but she ain't buying it ... my little girl has a mind of her own and she'll speak only when she wants to ... haha :)

Sunday, 23 March 2008

Although I have never really been such a great musician, music has always been an integral part of my life, since the days when my mum started singing to me nursery rhymes and songs and sent me for organ classes. These are experiences that I value now that I am all grown up.

In the same way, I hope to impart my love for music to nat. From her infant days, we always have music playing in the house and I can see nat really enjoys listening to nursery rhymes and songs. Have some cute videos of her to share ... as well as some other interesting pics like nat's signature pointy finger when she wants something and her sweet smile.

Sunday, 23 March 2008

I love to bring nat to places where she can enjoy herself amidst natural surroundings. One such place is the Bukit Batok Nature Reserve, which incidentally, is just beside our house, although we do not frequent this park much. So yesterday, we propped nat in the stroller and off we went. It's really interesting ... when nat's in the stroller, she is all quiet and serious. But the moment you carry her and she has a look at the surroundings, she gets really excited. Here are some pics we took in the park, as usual, gary's super duper camera has me very impressed. Check out the cool dragonfly pic ...

Wednesday, 19 march 2008

I love the times when I am off from work and am able to spend time with nat. Today is one of those days. Met my baby friends at Jacob Ballas ... I always enjoy spending time with them ... seeing the babies (soon to be toddlers). Everyone's really grown a lot and seem to be getting their own personalities and characters.

My little baby enjoyed herself tromping around the sand together with her friends, although half the time, she was trying to "eat" the sand. And these days, she's really a lot more vocal. I'll post a video of her in this entry "talking" away, although half the time, we wonder what foreign language she is speaking. But I guess, in time, she will definitely be more coherent. I can't wait for the day when we can have a proper conversation, haha, although, that will be the day she can "talk back" too!

Work has been kind of stressful these few months, and it is at these times, that I always feel like being a SAHM. But I guess, I'll just grit my teeth and stick to it for now. I must admit I do enjoy the financial freedom of having my own savings and being able to buy stuff for nat. But, well I do look forward to the day when I can just happily stay at home and spend all day with nat.

Sunday, 16 March 2008

It's been a great weekend with nat, started off not so great as I was down with flu on Fri and Sat but got much better on Sunday and we brought nat to the park for her weekly dose of nature.

Gary and I have been thankful and feel very blessed with nat's development. She's been walking since one year old, although a bit unsteadily but now she's a lot more stable. We've also been reading to her, so she can recognise some words or associate certain words to certain actions.

Today, we bought some toys, cheapies really :) no need for anything too ex as she'll just lose interest after a while. She's really enjoying them, and i guess it helps stimulate some area of the brain too, right? haha ... maybe i should be more of a dutiful mummy and read up on it. Check out the cute videos and take a look at poor bear bear that has just been strewn onto the floor.

Sunday, 9 March 2008

These are the stunning results of Gary's new camera. He had been eyeing a new SLR camera for some time but had been reluctant to committ to a purchase, so since it was the IT Fair, I finally "bought" one for him. It's a good buy, the kind of photos that you capture on such cameras show such vivid colours and realism.

Here's daddy's fave little model, she's really become a lot more active. These days, she's not keen to sit on the stroller and even when tromping around shopping malls, she wants to walk on her own, and not even hold our hand. Sigh ... we end up chasing her half the time. My little baby sure is growing up fast.